Wednesday, December 17, 2014

International Migrants Day. UN Secretary-General's Message.

"I call on all States to ratify and implement all core international human rights instruments, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, as well as relevant instruments of international labour law. I also urge States to adopt comprehensive and human rights-based migration policies that promote legal migration channels." Ban Ki-moon, Unated Nations Organization Secretary General. 

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Monday, December 15, 2014

When Immigrants Lose Their Human Rights.



"...The problem is that some (in Arizona, for example) want to link immigration enforcement to everything else, so that those whose job it is to protect basic human rights, like local police or workers in emergency rooms, are expected to report anyone with an irregular immigration status. The result is that irregular migrants will steer clear of the authorities, and so will be vulnerable to extreme abuse..." Joseph Carens. (By Gary Gutting in interview with Joseph Carens, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Source: The New York Times, Opinionator Section, October 25, 2014)

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Saturday, December 13, 2014

Why Doctors Should Study Human Rights.

"In a world where physicians in training are encouraged to know the "Patient's Bill of Rights"- posted on the walls of nearly every hospital and clinic in the country - why are we not teaching them the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights treaties and covenants?"

(By Ranit Mishori, associated professor of family medicine at Georgetown School Medicine in Washington DC. The Washington Post, PostEverything Section, December 10, 2014).


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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Migration and Human Rights.

"The protection of migrants is an urgent and growing human rights challenge. Governments have obligations to ensure that xenophobic violence, racism and related intolerance against migrants and their communities have no place in their societies". (Navanethem Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, United Nations). 

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Sunday, October 19, 2014

A Child is a Child.

How the European Union can ensure the rights of undocumented migrants children. (From PICUM,Plataform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Immigrants, April 3 of 2014.)

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